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Congratulations, keep on going strong, your videos are excellent and inspirational. I had a newfound appreciation for the world of competitive running since the middle of last year, especially after i found out about Eliud and his breaking 2 project. I've enjoyed running ever since, I'm now running distances that i never thought i could achieve and i feel like I'm finally starting to be in control of my body that has been overweight ever since the start of my teenage years. Of course i still have a long way to go to improve myself but you and your channel are an important part of that journey and I wanna thank you for all the inspirations i have found. Once again, a big thank you and good luck for the future of Total Running Productions

You’re doing the quarantine right. Recapping some of the best moments in our sport’s history while everything is currently on hold. More media outlets in our sport can learn a lot from you

Lee sure did alot of that lol

@@strongholds12 guy could back it up tho 😅

@@strongholds12 not at the level he should. Hes probably just gave sneak peaks of himself

@@goodcat1982 So you're suggesting that one must be a philosopher in order to make a quote?

@@goodcat1982 the fuck he wasnt a philosopher.

How is KZfaq supposed to know if you’ve run or not

You should start. It literally requires a pavement and shoes. It’s really fun and good for your health!

Never too late to start

Lol you can start running in your backyards today

I've been getting so many in my recommendations

It sucked, was a huge disappointment for Stember, and it was a huge race, but this video's narration is over the top. A lot of runners with right mind set would have shaken this off and not disappeared for 3 years. Plenty of runners have complete dud races in their careers. Just bad days on the track.

KILLING⚡HEROS how humble was he when he got his ass kicked and left the sport for 3 years. You can be a great athlete without being a douche bag.

As an athlete you got to shut your mouth and let your performance speak for you

Thanks guys! Didn't know that back story. It seems like Webb was already inside Stember's head, I suppose. Either way, I agree with the 'stay humble/let your races do the talking' mantra. You're only as good as your last race, Niki Lauda used to say.

@KILLING⚡HEROS maybe one day you'll get but right now you definitely are clueless

test causes early death

One punch man

Probably the recessed face

A receding hairline and thinning hair does that.

Giant testes.

The scream that was heard around the world.

I wouldn't have had enough wind to squeak...

All that energy for screaming? He should have used it in the race and got a faster time. ;-)

I was there that day and now all 40,000 of us are deaf. People had blood dripping from their ears.

I did that before every vault in college and after.

DutchDread exactly what I did

And he deserves it!

I doubt it. He will likely see that amazing 1995 video of him crushing the 1400. It has millions of views and Metallica playing over it. Awesome video.

@RS1 he's a kid, let it slide. Prob born in 99 thinks hes a 90's kid.

@@DefeatLust what

@@lucaswallo8127 He, as in leaverus, is probably a child. So I was asking RS1 to kindly let his ignorant question slide, about the video quality, because those who where adults in that era, 90s - 2000s, knew the camera quality was still quite bad compared to today's standards. Would you like me to go slower?

@@DefeatLust But RS1 answered the question respectfully, then you came in all condescending like you're something special (newsflash: you're not) so you can respond as fast or as slow as you want because everyone sees the same thing. A worthless shitbag. Get over yourself.

@@markula_4040 Oh, nice and then you try and show me a lesson to not act rude by calling me a shit bag. Very high i.q this one. My brother, I was only joking around. I know nothing of our friend. He could be born in the 60's for fuck all I know. YOU took it how you took it. I never name called anyone either, so...? Lmao. I think perhaps you meant that advice for yourself. Good luck.

that’s exactly how am i watching this. was looking for somebody to comment this before i did. kinda sucks that someone who did something that awesome as a high schooler is the kind of person to put others down

@@ryanhagan5410 Yeah, it changes my perspective on that video :(

Yeh it kind of crushed me I thought stembEr was incredible but you just got ‘god-speeded’ on by Alan Webb

That "Godspeed" video is one of the most inspiring, motivating, kick-ass videos that really gets me pumped. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about it now. Something has died inside me.

Does his 405 equivalent mile that day compare to Thom Hunt's indoor 402 on a short, terrible wooden track twenty years before it? No. The godspeed video is overhyped. Great suprise tactics for a HS race, gutsy and brave, but not good tactics when you race actual college and pro runners. I don't see it as any type of revolution. What happened in the US between that race in 1995 and the emergence of The Big Three? Not much except a few great HS times and some burnout.

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shut up penaldo

@@thisonecomedian278 Why you gotta be mean to that guy?

Trevor Mention sorry my bad bro

Hold my CO2

Sad Hours yeah but it’s possible

@@perpiexed6328 Yeah but it's possible.

@@perpiexed6328 I dont know man I think it's possible, you should just admit it.

But its possible

@@perpiexed6328 But you gotta realize that it's not impossible. If he tried really hard it might be possible.

@MX ZQ That's an excellent point. Until I read your comment I was wondering how Stember not only lost, but lost so decisively, finishing next to last. Your observation explains it. That taunt by Stember in the semi lit a fire in Webb's belly. In the final Webb pulled a Stember on Stember , and Stember just gassed not only physically but more so mentally when he realized his own claim to fame was now being used against him. The mental defeat was the main reason he took 3 years off afterwards.

@@TheNYgolfer There is no doubt. Michael was done after that brilliant piece of racing by Webb...who, btw, was no great tactician, but Stember certainly pissed him off and Webb had the capability to run like a top 3 world miler when he was motivated....certainly had the wheels when he raced smart. No sympathy for Stember, all deserved.

I thought I recognized his name. CIF Finals at Cerritos College in Norwalk

I found this race immediately after watching that CA state meet. I went from loving Stemper to loathing him in 4 mins. LOL

@@LeadBariBass I followed the same path here.

Webb is the one who defeated him. Webb kicking his running into high gear, at a point where no one would normally in that type of race, forced Stember to attempt to catch him. This caused him to exhaust himself early and it also demoralized him mid-race. Essentially, Webb spanked him mid-race.

@@eme.261 If I was Stember I'd have grabbed my hamstring and fallen over when I realised what was about to happen.

@@eme.261 i was going to answer, but u said exactly what i was gonna say

@@mikeymoo1291 as an athlete you stay humble but also competitive. You are never going to admit someone is better than you in an interview. You might think he is better but you don’t admit it. Stember was an absolute joke, being so confident is bound to bite you. Like if you ask a politician if they are going to lose they are never going to say yes I am going to lose. You just don’t do that.

He was very fast in highschool

Truth to that.... Why would you disrespect a guy who nearly ran a 3:50 mile a month before, and was in the best shape of his life? Insanity. That Jesuit and Stanford education doesn't always translate, ha? LOL.

Put it this way, where was the need for such behaviour! Someone must have told him "you've gotta do these things"

I don't think so. Most of the typical private school kids I know don't run near that fast.

Try to remember kids don't pick their parents or schools.

Haha good one

you are gonaa get 100k likes

The real hero

Stember really had no pro career anyway, so not much of a setback. His pro career was a joke, his Olympic berth was coming off a great senior college season at Stanford, he was in the best shape of his life. He did not progress in the pros, he digressed. But he was a d.b. so no suprise.

Same

I can. Good music attached to the video. Webb crushed his opponent mentally.

@@billyhndrsn4542 yeah that video is a banger

Right! I’m glad I got here from there so I got one more taste of the video with innocence beforehand.

wait what?? wow the tables have turned

Yes it is, yet I still watched it fully on two separate occasions, lol I’m so braindead

Give me your view on Johnson vs Bailey ? .

Keanu Reeves??!

Good luck with High School. :)

I saw Webb run a couple times earlier that season and he was without any peer. He was at the absolute peak of his ability in the early summer 2004. If he had run a time trial, he could have gone 3:46 that season, I really believe that. He ran tactical championship US races however.

I think a lot of us feel that way

Hey I know that guy

yeah no u didnt

That sounds very made up

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 good joke

Dennis, I think he showed he was a better person by not doing that. I do understand what you are saying. He made his point as this Video shows. John, Australia.

With his lead, he could've finished by running backwards

Stember's lucky he didn't get disqualified in the Semi. A runner is supposed to "maintain his line so as not to purposely intefere with other runners." Can't tell how far back the guy is who Stember passed in front of but if that guy had registered a protest, Stember might have been disqualified. There must have been some past issues with Webb and Stember for all that trash talk to happen during a race of such importance. Even so, stupid on stember's part. Webb ran a great, smart race, hard to win a mile by leading all the way. After his acceleration, the other guys were concerned with finishing in the top three, as that's who makes the Olympic team, if their time is fast enough.

@@calichekid8897 Why is it hard to win a mile if you lead for all of it

@@joespulla2580 wasted energy blocking the wind while pack drafts behind you

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man that is great. Best of luck to you.

Are you on track?

@@ShekharSuman1 Hi, unfortunately no. I decided to run 6 days per week and ended up getting a stress fracture that took months to heal. I'm not as young as I used to be and should have known better. The goal is to start as soon as the weather gets warmer at the end of winter and get back on track. I'm still motivated and just need the weather to cooperate with me.

@@MrSupernova111 i try to run 4 days a week. I don't run that long....only 5-6 km per run.

@@ShekharSuman1 . I used to run 3-4 times per week many years ago and never suffered any type of injury. New runners need to let the body build strength over a few weeks before going all out. This was a big lesson and one I won't forget when I get back to running. Stay safe. Thanks!

yup, destroy your opponent who was taunting you! LOL

Let's all become racists

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@@GBlockbreaker XD

@@GBlockbreaker bro im a racist

David, spot on. He did the same thing at the Pre Meet the month before. I was there, and saw that exact same thing. Webb was truly a perfectly tuned mile machine in early summer 2004, so besides that fact he always struggled in heats and tight packs at big international meets, it is clear that he peaked way too soon in 2004 before Athens even began.

Very true. The cardinal sin in any competitive situation is underestimating your opponent.

@Shirl Zitting yeah only to look like a damn fool! LOL

"No matter how good you are, there's always someone better". In other words, stay humble. I, and my peers were told that repeatedly as kids.(not just in sports but in anything) I don't know why grown adult athletes can't grasp that.

I think it was more than underestimating your rival. He flat out disrespected him. Why? Because he was up and coming? Serves him right.

I think I know what was going on inside Michael's head because the same thing happened to me. This kid who well call John had first joined XC. He ran a 5k faster then me (19:53) and my first 5k was 21:57. He bragged that he was faster than me despite the fact that I had been running for a year which was true at the time. However, at one point I got the runners high and started to really get into running and even watched the first sub 4 minute mile by Roger Bannister which really inspired me. I suddenly started to really climb up and my 5k times were getting faster and faster. It was only by around 5-6 seconds per race but it was faster nontheless. I think when I hit 21:47 on a really slow course and he ran that same race at 20:56, he started to get really scared and tried to throw insults at me to try to scare me. But I talked to my coach about it and he said not to worry about the kid and just focus on myself and enjoying being around people that I liked and were positive. So I keeped that in mind and didn't let a few insecure words anger and scare me. On the second to last 5k I got 19:54 and he got 21:05 and he was crying at the end of the race, however I tried to encourage him even though he did insult me many times in the past. Even after I tried to comfort him and try to be positive, he STILL insisted, aggressively that he was faster then me and that I just got really lucky. However on the last 5k we ran on a course that was really fast and in my head I was like "welp time to see the egotistical kid get sub 18, nice knowing you guys" and then I ran a time of 19:21, getting a pr by 33 seconds, meanwhile John got second to last. So I think Michael got really scared and tried to get into Alan's head and try to scare him so he wouldn't do very good but then backfired.

Running's popularity all of a sudden got a boost, partly because of the sub-2 marathon by Kipchoge, and because it's such a versatile sport (maaany various distances and courses).

The same way certain videos get 30 million views in 1 week by someone intentionally putting the numbers in to get more views

Dude has great content that's why!!!

Cocky? Yes indeed. People finally saw the cocky, very self centered Stember many of us knew well before that embarrassing Semi final display. Sorry, no sympathy. I never heard that he apologized to Alan for the classless display. Hopefully he is a changed human being. Mike bragged about cutting fish for celebrities in his later career. Good for him. Makes up for a bust of a pro running career.

Turns out Michael isn't even cooking for celebs anymore...only for 20something hipsters without much money in a sketchy Brooklyn neighborhood bar. Look up Ponyboy. A HS legend to Stanford, to Olympics, to a nothing, lazy ass pro career, to a nothing solar career, to cutting fish in front of Elon Musk, to making appetizers for 25 year old hipsters in some Brooklyn bar.. Progress? LOL. Not sure he progressed in life.

He was a big inspiration for me as a high school runner. Too bad he ended up working to destroy the environment and women's rights as a GOP congressman.

Haha nice one

Now I want pie.

Exactly Mitchell. I guess Stember didn't watch the Bowerman Mile a month before the Trials... Webb was in 3:50 mile shape, Stember was a stale pro runner with no time progression in 4 years.

So we all acknowledge that Stember peaked his senior year at Stanford. He was a lazy, ineffective narcissist as a pro under Coach Gags. A wasted talent. At least Webb worked his ass off as a pro, with much less high level coaching, and ended up with an American record no one will break in my lifetime. Stember was a pro bust.

Stember regressed as a pro. All you have to do is ask his pro coach Gags about Stember's pro career. His heart and mind weren't in it. He was lazy as a pro, and his times showed it.

Half a minute off his 3:53 mile time is no vice. A 4:23 mile is no joke. Congrats Andrew.

Alan is a pretty down to earth guy. The total opposite of Michal Stember. No one who has met either one would disagree.

Inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

Not interested in the photos, but a nice story. I have tons of similar photos from the famous 2006 Webb/Ritz/Fam 10K race at Stanford where all 3 ran under 27:40 in Webb's 10K debut...and his last 10K..LOL. He said it destroyed him for an entire year. But he did return and set the American record in the mile the following year. What a talent.

What?

Is this even English?

*listen to, maybe(?)

For the Metallica question, and note who is running kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prSDireop5PDkp8.html

lol

Always down for a good Komen review. Will look into it.

Stember was no Jr, he was a failing pro runner...Webb was close to his prime, if not in the best shape of his life in his early 20s.